The 396 big block Camaro sits at the crossroads of muscle car mythology and today’s data driven collector market, a car that once defined Chevrolet performance and now trades in a surprisingly wide ...

We sent Recon a worn-out 396 big-block motor and asked what they thought they could do with it. The company's performance guru, Joe Giove, thought it would be cool to build a serious ground-pounder in ...

Back during the ‘60s, Chevrolet had a hard time making up its mind regarding the marketing strategy for the Chevelle SS 396. Given sales of the Super Sport were on the rise, the GM brand decided to ...

Unfortunately, General Motors hasn't strived to save the last remnants of the American passenger car sector much. In fact, over at Chevrolet, they just killed off not one but two nameplates! Of course ...

Petersen Publishing photographer Pat Brollier made a very busy trip to the Detroit area in the fall of 1966, judging by the wide variety of subjects on the film he submitted to Petersen’s in-house ...

Davies has had a keen interest in cars from a very young age. It didn't matter what kind of car it was, as long as it had four wheels and made some cool noises, he was into it. His interest in cars ...

Front end is blunt, devoid of frills, and has dual rather than quad headlights — as do most compacts. A Chevy II is a neat car to drive even if it doesn't have a 396 V8 with 375 horsepower running ...

The 1965 model year brought a number of aesthetic and functional changes for the Chevy Corvette Sting Ray. The depressions at the hood’s leading edge were nixed, the horizontally oriented faux front ...